| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
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| A Note from the Pipes |
| | | Leonora Speyer |
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| PAN, blow your pipes and I will be | |
| Your fern, your pool, your dream, your tree! | |
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| I heard you play, caught your swift eye, | |
| “A pretty melody!” called I, | |
| “Hail, Pan!” And sought to pass you by. | 5 |
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| Now blow your pipes and I will sing | |
| To your sure lips’ accompanying! | |
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| Wild God, who lifted me from earth, | |
| Who taught me freedom, wisdom, mirth, | |
| Immortalized my body’s worth,— | 10 |
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| Blow, blow your pipes! And from afar | |
| I’ll come—I’ll be your bird, your star, | |
| Your wood, your nymph, your kiss, your rhyme, | |
| And all your godlike summer-time! | |
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